NOVEMBER COMPETITION

JUDGE: FRANK VAN RIPER

November 18: Frank Van Riper (www.GVRphoto.com) is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer, journalist, and author whose work has been published internationally. His work is in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC), as well as the Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine). His 1998 book of photography and essays, Down East Maine/A World Apart, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and won the silver medal for photography from the Art Director’s Club of Metropolitan Washington.

His latest book, done in collaboration with his wife and professional partner, Judith Goodman, is Serenissima: Venice in Winter, a coffee table collection of black and white photographs and essays, published both in the US and Italy to rave reviews. His first book of photography, Faces of the Eastern Shore, was published in 1992.

Since 1992, Van Riper has been the photography columnist of the Washington Post, where his column, “Talking Photography”, now appears in the Camera Works section of Washingtonpost.com. His book, Talking Photography, a ten-year collection of his columns and other photography writing, was published in 2001. www.TalkingPhotography.com

Van Riper’s gallery exhibitions include the Kathleen Ewing Gallery and the Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC, the Hudson Museum of Anthropology at the University of Maine at Orono, and the Albin Kuhn Gallery at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

With his background in journalism, Van Riper is drawn primarily to black and white documentary photography and counts among his strongest influences Robert Frank, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Garry Winogrand, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

NOTE: At the November 18 meeting, Frank will be selling Serenissima: Venice in Winter at a special camera club price of $40 (20% off the list price of $50). This is the perfect holiday gift for any photo enthusiast. www.veniceinwinter.com